Texas Summer

Texas Summer is here. There's no reason to watch the weather. It's the same day in and day out - scorching during the day and hot at night. But how hot it is, the watering must get done. There isn't a rain cloud in sight. Even when the weather man tries to tease us with increasing percentages of rain, we know it won't hit us. The ground is cracking. The grass is brown. The flowers droop even with watering. People head for the air conditioning.

I sit at the window watching the birds feeding and playing in the birdbath. I'm supposed to be writing on several projects as my brain wonders how those poor birds can stand the 100 degree heat and still sing. They don't complain they just go forward with their lives. One bug or seed at a time. I should take lessons from them.

I put some other articles on www. Helium.com and www.gather.com
I hope you will take time to look at them. I need to get several written for Suite 101. I'll let you know when they are completed so you'll have a chance to see what I'm writing about.

Writing can be fun but sometimes I wonder if anyone even reads what I produce. But I just keep writing. So if any of you have a chance to read some of my stuff and can take time to drop me a note that would be great.

Now it's time for bed, so more tomorrow. I'm also playing golf tomorrow in this heat!

Busy, Busy

I find I have too many irons in the fire according to the old clique. It seems that I just can't get a head with all the projects I'm working on. Each of the many projects requires time and attention. they aren't things you can multi task with.

Over time I've read many books and articles about time management. The problem isn't the techniques but putting them in place and working the system. Sometimes it feels like using time management is simply another project.

Do any of you suffer from over load of projects and shortage of time? How do you handle this situation?

Part of my problem is not saying "no" when others want something. That eats my time for sure.
It is hard to tell my grandchildren "no" since I'd like to see them as much as possible. I keep thinking about the fragility of life. Now its here and then its gone.

I guess I need to do some prioritizing of my projects and time. So I'll close tonight and start the lists to begin to prioritize.

Talk with you tomorrow.

Let's talk -I'm blogging

Blogging should be fun and informative. I hope it will generate some conversation as well. I'll make sure that my blogs are located so they are easily found.

I want to bring you up today on my latest adventures. I have been working with my daughter to get her site up and operational. The site is called ijustfinished.com, a conversation of books. It is a fun site and a place to share your feelings about the books you are reading. Visit often, it changes frequently. I did several interviews with authors at the Romantic Times Convention and Book Expo America for the site. These interviews can be found on Face Book, YouTube, and flickr.

My husband Gary and I are writing a book containing fun food facts, word play and recipes. The book is out with an agent to see if they will pick it up. The website is http://primodialsoupbook.wordpress.com. Wish us luck on getting it published. It is a fun book. the site has just been started.

My book, on health care and learning to become an educated consumer is in rewrite. The website is dead because I can't get into it!! Isn't that stupid. I have too many passwords and user names, as soon as I figure out how to get back into the account I'll get that website cleaned up and useful. It will have a whole new look. Until then I'll be blogging here and putting material on my personal site www.naomigiroux.com . It is my hope that you will comment so we can have a conversation.

I'm posting articles on Gather, Helium and Suite101. Please come by and see what I've posted. Consider yourselves invited to be my friend on these sites.